121746632 | Psychology | study of behavior and mental processes | 0 | |
121746633 | Dualist | believe that the body and soul were separate | 1 | |
121746634 | Monists | believe that the body and soul were one | 2 | |
121746635 | William Wundt | 1879, 1st recognized psychological experiment Time lapse between hearing ball hit platform and pressing telegraph key | 3 | |
121746636 | Introspection | used to analyze the mind's structural elements | 4 | |
121746637 | Functionalism | consciousness developed as necessity of survival; how the mind functions to help us adapt and survive Based on Darwin's Natural Selection (evolution of mental processes through natural selection) | 5 | |
121746638 | Neuroscience | body and brain's influence on mental processes and behavior | 6 | |
121746639 | Evolutionary | evolution influences genetic development... | 7 | |
121746640 | Behavioral Genetics | genes and environment influence individual differences | 8 | |
121746641 | Psychodynamic | behavior springs from unconscious drives, conflicts | 9 | |
121746642 | Hindsight Bias | "I knew it all along" | 10 | |
121746643 | Intuition | "Trust the Force within" | 11 | |
121746644 | Overconfidence | Tend to be more confident than correct | 12 | |
121746645 | Critical Thinking | Examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, and evaluates evidence | 13 | |
121746646 | Theory | an explanations using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observations | 14 | |
121746647 | Hypothesis | a testable prediction, often implied by a theory | 15 | |
121746648 | Operational Definitions | A description of the specific procedure used to determine the presence of a variable (a smile indicates happiness) | 16 | |
121746649 | Correlational Methods | Cause and effect relationship, not causation | 17 | |
121746650 | Case Studies | observation technique, one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles Con: Anecdotal Studies | 18 | |
121746651 | Survey | self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people, questioning a representative, random sample of people Con: wording can impact the effectiveness of the survey | 19 | |
121746652 | Samples | the larger the sample size the more likely to represent the whole | 20 | |
121746653 | Random Assignments | representative sampling which is equally available to participants (ex. Computer generated list of every 5th person) | 21 | |
121746654 | Naturalistic Observations | observe subjects in their natural habitats w/o interacting w/ them Con: control is sacrificed | 22 | |
121746655 | Observer Effect | changes in behavior due to awareness of a person or animal being observed | 23 | |
121746656 | Observer Bias | observer sees what they expect to see or record only selected details | 24 | |
121746657 | Anthropomorphic Fallacy | attributing human thoughts, feelings, or motives to animals, especially as a way of explaining their behavior | 25 | |
121746658 | Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | prediction that leads people to act in ways to make the prediction come true | 26 | |
121746659 | False Consensus Effect | tendency to overestimate other's agreement with us | 27 | |
121746660 | Experiment | manipulates a factor to determine its effect | 28 | |
121746661 | Correlational Studies | uncover naturally occurring relationships | 29 | |
121746662 | Experimental Group | group that receives treatment | 30 | |
121746663 | Control Group | group that does not receive the treatment (placebo) | 31 | |
121746664 | Independent Variable | the factor manipulated (the cause) | 32 | |
121746665 | Dependent Variable | behavior or mental process that is measured in response to the experiment (the effect) | 33 | |
121746666 | Confounding Variables | any difference b/t the experimental group and control which affect the outcome (time, place, frequency, etc.) | 34 | |
121746669 | Other Variables | Control | 35 | |
121746670 | Valid | measures what the researcher set out to measure and is accurate | 36 | |
121746671 | Replication | measures reliability (ability to produce same results repeated times) | 37 | |
121746672 | Central Studies | a single score which represents a whole set of scores | 38 | |
121746673 | Mean | Average (most easily distorted by extreme scores) | 39 | |
121746674 | Median | Middle value, Most representative | 40 | |
121746675 | Mode | Most frequently occurring score | 41 | |
121746676 | Range | Measure of variability, Difference b/t the highest and lowest scores | 42 | |
121746677 | Standard Deviation | Measure of variability, How much values differ from the average score, Bell curve | 43 | |
121746678 | "Modern psychology views each individual as a biopsychosocial system." | Biological states, and psychological states both affect, and the impact of your environment, biological predispositions, and nurturing | 44 | |
121746679 | "Everything psychological is simultaneously biological." | Our thought processes, emotions, behavior have a partial biological influence | 45 | |
121746680 | Neuron (Nerve Cell) | basic unit info. Processing, building block of the brain (and nervous system) | 46 | |
121746681 | Dendrite | receives messages | 47 | |
121746682 | Axon | sends messages surface is selectively permeable inside ___ is negative charged outside __ is positively charged | 48 | |
121746683 | Myelin Sheath | protects axon, speeds up transmission when it wears out: Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis | 49 | |
121746684 | cell body | stores proteins to nourish transmission | 50 | |
121746685 | Action Potential | neural impulse it is stimulated when neuron receives signal of heat, pressure or light it is generated by movement of positively charged atoms in and out of the axon's membrane | 51 | |
121746686 | Threshold | all or nothing response in the action potential | 52 | |
121746687 | Reputake | extra neurotransmitters are sent back to the receptor site | 53 | |
121746688 | Synapses | gap between the axon tip of sending neuron and dendrite or cell body of receiving neuron | 54 | |
121746689 | Synaptic Gap | The gap between the axon tip of synapses | 55 | |
121746690 | Ions | Neurons generate energy from them Resting potential | 56 | |
121746691 | Neurotransmitters | chemical messengers which cross synaptic gap b/t neurons | 57 | |
121746692 | Receptor Sites | "lock and key" | 58 | |
121746693 | Acetylcholine | muscle action, learning and memory when fails Alzheimer's occurs | 59 | |
121746694 | Dopamine | perceptual awareness, muscle control when fails Schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease occur | 60 | |
121746695 | Serotonin | sleep, eating, mood Depression, Prozac raises serotonin levels | 61 | |
121746696 | Norepinephrine | mood Bipolar disorder, mania, depression | 62 | |
121746697 | Endorphins | pain control and pleasure "runners high" Natural, opiatelike neurotransmitters | 63 | |
121746698 | Agonists | excite, mimic neurotransmitter signal | 64 | |
121746699 | Antagonists | block, inhibit neurotransmitter signal | 65 | |
121746700 | Nervous System | Body's electrochemical communication system | 66 | |
121746701 | Central Nervous System | brain and spinal cord | 67 | |
121746702 | Peripheral Nervous System | sensory and motor neurons connect the CNS to the rest of the body | 68 | |
121746703 | Afferent Neurons | sensory, incoming info from sense receptors | 69 | |
121746704 | Efferent Neurons | motor, outgoing info from CNS to muscles and glands | 70 | |
121746705 | Interneurons | CNS neurons that internally communicate, process afferent and efferent neurons (most complex) | 71 | |
121746706 | Reflexes | don't require the brain's involvement | 72 | |
121746707 | Spinal Reflex | autonomic, brain isn't involved | 73 | |
121746708 | Pain Reflex | simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus | 74 | |
121746709 | Endocrine System | Produces hormones, Growth, mood, metabolism, reproduction, Slower than CNS | 75 | |
121746710 | Pituitary Gland | growth, and release of hormones | 76 | |
121746711 | Adrenal Gland | heart rate, blood sugar, blood pressure | 77 | |
121746712 | Brainstem | automatic survival functions | 78 | |
121746713 | Medulla | heartbeat and breathing | 79 | |
121746714 | Reticular Formation | arousal and sleep | 80 | |
121746715 | Pons | coordinate movement | 81 | |
121746716 | Thalamus | sensory switchboard | 82 | |
121746717 | Cerebellum | coordinate voluntary movement and balance | 83 | |
121746718 | Limbic System | Emotions: fear and aggression, food and sex Hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus | 84 | |
121746719 | Right Hemisphere | Spatial Creative | 85 | |
121746720 | Left Hemisphere | Language and Logic | 86 | |
121746721 | Cerebral Cortex | ultimate control and info. processing center | 87 | |
121746722 | Glial Cells | support, nourish and protect neurons | 88 | |
122068807 | Frontal Lobe | speaking and muscle movement, judgment and logic | 89 | |
122068808 | Parietal Lobe | sensory cortex, touch | 90 | |
122068809 | Occipital Lobe | visual info. opposite visual field | 91 | |
122068810 | Temporal Lobe | hearing, auditory areas | 92 | |
122068811 | Motor Cortex | voluntary movement | 93 | |
122068812 | Sensory Cortex | registers and processes body sensations | 94 | |
122068813 | Broca's Area | making speech | 95 | |
122068814 | Wernicke's Area | language comprehension and expression | 96 | |
122068815 | Aphasia | language impairment | 97 | |
122068816 | Corpus Callosum | carries messages b/t hemispheres | 98 | |
122068817 | Split Brain | See what is in left hemisphere field of vision (right) verbalize Point to word in the right hemisphere field of vision (left) | 99 | |
122068818 | Chromosomes | are composed of genes | 100 | |
122068819 | DNA | are composed of genes | 101 | |
122068820 | Gene Complexes | many genes acting in concert | 102 | |
122068821 | Genes | influence physical make-up, intelligence, aggressiveness, happiness | 103 | |
122068822 | Types of Twins | Identical (monozygotic) Fraternal (dizygotic) | 104 | |
122068823 | Bouchard's Minnesota Twins Study | Identical twins separated at birth and raised in different environments tended to share striking similarities in personality equals nature! | 105 | |
122068824 | Heritability | Extent to which difference between individuals can be attributed to genes | 106 | |
122068825 | Evolutionary Psychology | Adaptation for survival / For the most part, explains our similarities (common adaptations that enhanced survival) | 107 | |
122068826 | Gender Differences | in sexual behavior, attitudes (evolutionary argument of relational vs. recreational) | 108 | |
122068827 | Rosenzweig and Krech rat studies | Early stimulation critical to neurological development | 109 | |
122068828 | Neonatal Massage | for premature human births Values, manners, faith/religion, political views, and social views | 110 | |
122068829 | Evolutionary Psychology | natural selection shapes our behavior, and thinking (over time) | 111 | |
122068830 | Pruning | neural connections, "If you don't use it, you lose it." | 112 | |
122068831 | Parents Influence | education, discipline, responsibility, orderliness, charitableness, dealing with authority | 113 | |
122068832 | Peers Influence | cooperation, popularity, styles of interaction | 114 | |
122068833 | Zygote | fertilized egg | 115 | |
122068834 | Teratogens | toxic substances which can harm baby during prenatal development | 116 | |
122068835 | FAS | mental retardation, poor motor coordination, impaired attention, hyperactivity | 117 | |
122068836 | Rooting (Newborn Reflex) | open mouth when touched on cheek | 118 | |
122068837 | Grasping (Newborn Reflex) | grasp anything when put in hand | 119 | |
122068838 | Sucking (Newborn Reflex) | rhythmic sucking when mouth is touched | 120 | |
122068839 | Moro (Newborn Reflex) | if startled baby will making hugging motion | 121 | |
122068840 | Schema | concepts which are developed over time, First impression | 122 | |
122068841 | Piaget | Cognitive Development | 123 | |
122068846 | Assimilation (Sensorimotor) (Piaget) | apply same concept to all things generally similar | 124 | |
122068847 | Accommodation (Sensorimotor) (Piaget) | adapting schemas to incorporate new info. | 125 | |
122068848 | Theory of Mind (Preoperational) (Piaget) | understand another's perspective, infer other's feelings, understand joke of tricks played on another | 126 | |
122068849 | Criticisms (Piaget) | Stages more continuous Ages INACCURATE | 127 | |
122068850 | Harlow's Monkey's | Disproved attachment theory, nourishment is not the only way an infant develops an attachment Secure attachment and insecure attachment | 128 | |
122068851 | Authoritarian (Parenting Styles) | impose rules and expect obedience, strict | 129 | |
122068852 | Permissive (Parenting Styles) | few demands, little punishment | 130 | |
122068853 | Authoritative (Parenting Styles) | demanding and responsive, provide explanations, open discussions, and exceptions | 131 | |
122068854 | Kohlberg | Moral Development | 132 | |
122068855 | Postconventional Level (Kohlberg) | (self-defined morality) Morality of abstract principles; to affirm agreed-upon rights and personal ethical principles | 133 | |
122068856 | Conventional Level (Kohlberg) | (Early adolescence) Morality of law and social rules; to gain approval or avoid disapproval | 134 | |
122068857 | Preconventional Level (Kohlberg) | (Up to age 9) Morality of self-interest; to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards | 135 | |
122068858 | Criticisms (Kohlberg) | made by Carol Gilligan, she said he only studied boys, women and men have different types of morality | 136 | |
122068859 | Erikson | Psychosocial Development | 137 | |
122068868 | Sensation | what we sense and send to the brain Bottom-up Processing | 138 | |
122068869 | Perception | what the brain does with the sensory info. Top-Up Processing | 139 | |
122068870 | Prosopagnosia | "face blindness" Complete sensation but incomplete perception | 140 | |
122068871 | Absolute Threshold | minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time | 141 | |
122068872 | Difference Threshold | minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time (JND- just noticeable difference) | 142 | |
122068873 | Subliminal | stimulus below ones absolute threshold for conscious awareness- subconscious | 143 | |
122068874 | Weber's Law | two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage, AKA different threshold is a ratio | 144 | |
122068875 | Sensory Adaptation | diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation | 145 | |
122068876 | Transduction (Vision) | conversion of one form of energy to another | 146 | |
122068877 | Accommodation (Vision) | lens changes to help focus objects on the retina | 147 | |
122068878 | Optic Nerve (Vision) | rope-like axons fro ganglion cells, carries info from eye to the brain | 148 | |
122068879 | Blind Spot | A spot where you can't see | 149 | |
122068880 | Fovea | central point in the retina, where the cones cluster | 150 | |
122068881 | Parallel Processing | simultaneous processing of several aspects of visual stimulus (different parts of cortex integrate all info at once to form perception) | 151 | |
122068882 | Tri-chromatic Theory | red, green, blue | 152 | |
122068883 | Opponent Process Theory | opposing retinal processes enable color vision ("ON" & "OFF") | 153 | |
122068884 | Frequency | number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time | 154 | |
122068885 | Pitch | High frequency= high pitch/ low frequency = low pitch | 155 | |
122068886 | Outer Ear | Channels sounds wave through auditory canal to eardrum | 156 | |
122068887 | Middle Ear | Vibrations pass through piston (hammer, anvil, stirrup) piston concentrates vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea's oval window | 157 | |
122068888 | Eardrum | basilar membrane converts wave to vibrations (in the middle Ear) | 158 | |
122068889 | Cochlea | converts vibrations into neural activity (vibration = ripples in basilar membrane fluid (in the Inner Ear) | 159 | |
122068890 | Inner Ear | Bending hair cells = auditory neural impulse | 160 | |
122068891 | Place Theory | specific places along basilar membrane match a tone with a particular pitch | 161 | |
122068892 | Frequency Theory | rate of sound wave = rate of neural impulses to the brain | 162 | |
122068893 | Conduction Hearing Loss | caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound wave to the cochlea | 163 | |
122068894 | Nerve Hearing Loss | damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerve | 164 | |
122068895 | Tinnitus | damage to auditory ear (ring in ears) | 165 | |
122068896 | Cochlear Implants | stimulates sites on auditory nerve for those w/ nerve deafness | 166 | |
122068897 | Pressure | only sensation identifiable with skin receptors | 167 | |
122068898 | Pain | "no brain, no pain" | 168 | |
122068899 | Gate-Control Theory | Small nerve fibers open gate, large nerve fibers close gate | 169 | |
123678402 | Taste Sensations | Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, Umami (meaty) | 170 | |
123678403 | Sensory Interaction | one sense may influence another | 171 | |
123678404 | Synaesthesia | joining of senses, one sense stimulates another | 172 | |
123678405 | Place Theory Outdate for Tongue | Taste is comprehensive all over tongue | 173 | |
123678406 | Smell | Olfaction (sense of _____) | 174 | |
123678407 | Kinesthesis | sensing position and movement of individual body parts | 175 | |
123678408 | Vestibular Sense | sense of balance | 176 | |
123678409 | Inner Ear | semicircular canals, vestibular sacs = fluid = hair-like receptors = impulse to cerebellum | 177 | |
123678410 | Sleep Stage 1 | Few minutes only experience it once Theta waves, "hallucinations" | 178 | |
123678411 | Sleep Stage 2 | More theta waves Sleep spindles, short bursts of rapid brain waves | 179 | |
123678412 | Sleep Stage 3 and 4 | intro. To deep sleep Slow wave sleep Delta waves Restoring body's growth hormones Genital arousal | 180 | |
123678413 | Sleep REM | Paradoxical sleep Very active brain Dreams usually occur in REM Essentially paralyzed Rapid heart rate and breathing | 181 | |
123678414 | Insomnia | persistent problems falling asleep | 182 | |
123678415 | Narcolepsy | Sleeplessness and may fall asleep at unpredictable or inappropriate times, directly into REM | 183 | |
123678416 | Sleep Apnea | stops breathing while sleeping | 184 | |
123678417 | Night Terrors | wake up screaming and have no idea why | 185 | |
123678418 | Somnambulism | sleep walking (stage 4) | 186 | |
123678419 | Manifest Content | storyline | 187 | |
123678420 | Latent Content | underlying meaning | 188 | |
123678421 | Activation-Synthesis Theory | cerebral cortex is trying to interpret random electrical activity we have while sleeping | 189 | |
123678422 | Info-Processing Theory | dreams are a way to deal with the stresses of everyday life | 190 | |
123678423 | Hypnosis | Social interaction between one person who suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, and thoughts will spontaneously occur | 191 | |
123678424 | Role Theory (Hypnosis) | not altered state of consciousness Social phenomenon | 192 | |
123678425 | State Theory (Hypnosis) | is altered state of consciousness Dramatic health benefits Works best on pain | 193 | |
123678426 | Dissociation Theory (Hypnosis) | We voluntarily divide our consciousness up | 194 | |
123678427 | Tolerance | when a drug is used often enough | 195 | |
123678428 | Neuroadaptation | brain adapts chemistry to offset drug's effect | 196 | |
123678429 | Pavlov | classical conditioning Stimuli | 197 | |
123678430 | US (Unconditioned Stimulus) | unlearned (food) | 198 | |
123678431 | UR (Unconditioned Reinforcement) | Salvation | 199 | |
123678432 | NS (Neutral Stimulus) | bell paired with the food to form association | 200 | |
123678433 | CS (Conditioned Stimulus) | bell | 201 | |
123678434 | Acquisition | learning, respond to CS w/o US | 202 | |
123678435 | Extinction | to unlearn behavior, present CS w/o US | 203 | |
123678436 | Spontaneous Recovery | reappearance of CR upon presentation of CS | 204 | |
123678437 | Renewal Effect | reappearance of CR after extinction when returning to environment where acquisition took place | 205 | |
123678438 | Generalization | stimulus similar to CS elicits a CR | 206 | |
123678439 | Discrimination | distinguish b/t various stimuli | 207 | |
123678440 | Watson | aversive conditioning | 208 | |
123678441 | Second/higher order conditioning | CS elicits a CR, the CS can be used to condition a response to a new stimulus (Bell paired w/ light) | 209 | |
123678442 | Skinner | operant conditioning Consequences | 210 | |
123678443 | Reinforcement | consequence that increase likelihood of behavior | 211 | |
123678444 | Positive Reinforcement | adds something pleasant | 212 | |
123678445 | Negative Reinforcement | removes something unpleasant | 213 | |
123678446 | Punishment | consequence that decreases likelihood of behavior | 214 | |
123678447 | Negative Punishment | removes something pleasant omission training | 215 | |
123678448 | Positive Punishment | adds something negative | 216 | |
123678449 | Shaping | reinforcing the steps | 217 | |
123678450 | Chaining | reinforcing a number of separate behaviors for a more complex activity | 218 | |
123678451 | Primary Reinforcers | natural reinforcers | 219 | |
123678452 | Secondary Reinforcers | learned to value | 220 | |
123678453 | Reinforcement Schedules | pattern of reinforcing behavior | 221 | |
123678454 | Fixed Ratio | reinforcement after set number of responses | 222 | |
123678455 | Variable Ratio | reinforcement after varied number of responses | 223 | |
123678456 | Fixed interval | fixed amount of time set before reward for behavior | 224 | |
123678457 | Variable Interval | varied amount of time before reward | 225 | |
123678458 | Prosocial Behavior | role modeling | 226 | |
123678459 | Antisocial Behavior | bobo doll experiment | 227 | |
123678460 | Latent Learning | ("hidden") Learning that isn't directly observable Rats and varied rewards | 228 | |
123678461 | Insight Learning | "aha" moment | 229 | |
123678462 | Abstract Learning | higher order thinking (inferring relationships, complex problem solving) | 230 | |
123678463 | Memory Process | encoding, storage, retrieval | 231 | |
123678464 | Sensory Memory | immediate initial recording of sensory info. in memory system ("split second holding tank") | 232 | |
123678465 | Iconic | (split second photograph) = 1 second | 233 | |
123678466 | Echoic | (split second sound(s))= 3-4 seconds | 234 | |
123678467 | Short Term Memory | also known as working memory 7 ; plus or minus 2 | 235 | |
123678468 | Long Term Memory | permanent, unlimited capacity | 236 | |
123678469 | Encoding | Two ways: Automatic Effortful | 237 | |
123678470 | Principles of Encoding | next-in-line effect, spacing effect, serial positioning effect (primacy and recency) | 238 | |
123678471 | Encoding Strategies | mnemonic devices (Peg word, chunking, acronym, loci, keyword) | 239 | |
123678472 | Long- Term Potentiation | leading theory on LTM: Neural connections gradually strengthen through rehearsal over time (neural networks, synapse) | 240 | |
123678473 | Flashbulb Memory | emotionally charged memory (release of hormones) | 241 | |
123678474 | Explicit (Types of LTM) | declarative (conscious), general knowledge(semantic), episodic memories | 242 | |
123678475 | Implicit (Types of LTM) | nondeclarative (nonconscious) = procedural memories, classical and operant conditioning | 243 | |
123678476 | Hippocampus | stores LTM, shelves for storage in areas of cerebral cortex | 244 | |
123678477 | Amygdale | emotional memories (also sense of smell with memories) | 245 | |
123678478 | Priming Effect | Strand of associations that primes or leads to a specific memory | 246 | |
123678479 | Context Effect | To be in same context you experienced (encoded) something= better memory If studied in a library you would do better if you were to take the test in the library | 247 | |
123678480 | Tip-of-The-Tongue Effect | Temporary inability to recall specific name or information. | 248 | |
123678481 | Mood Congruent Theory | The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's mood | 249 | |
123678482 | State Dependent Theory | Recalling events encoded while in a particular state of consciousness. | 250 | |
123678483 | Storage Decay | Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve (3 days and then gradual decline) | 251 | |
123678484 | Proactive Interference | New memories messed up by old memories | 252 | |
123678485 | Retroactive Interference | Old memories messed up by new memories | 253 | |
123678486 | Memory Construction | alter memory as encode or retrieve it | 254 | |
123678487 | Misinformation Effect | language, wording of question effects our perception of memory | 255 | |
123678488 | Source Amnesia | Can't remember source of memory (Where did I meet him?) | 256 | |
123678489 | Anterograde Amnesia | (Post-accident amnesia) Can remember before the accident, but not after | 257 | |
123678490 | Retrograde Amnesia | Can remember since the accident, but not before | 258 | |
123678491 | Remember | Memories do NOT reside in a single specific spot of our brain | 259 |
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